Economy Quotes
There are four headwinds that are just hitting the American economy in the face: They're demographics, education, debt and inequality. They're powerful enough to cut growth in half.
Yes, deficits are a problem. I've been saying so for more than a quarter of a century now. But the problem is not the size of the deficit, it's the size of government's claim on our economy.
When George Bush finally leaves the White House, the satire industry will briefly join the rest of the economy in recession. It will certainly be the end of an era.
In a market economy with the division and specialization of labor, people use others as means to achieve their ends. This is the essence of market cooperation.
I can't see the future, but it's grim. The depletion of resources - we're living in this dine-and-dash economy.
The weak economy, widening income inequality, gridlock in Congress and a presidential election: Those were perhaps the dominant economic and political themes of 2012.
One of the beauties of an economy coordinated by price movements is that nobody has to understand it in order for it to work.
The inefficiency of political control of an economy has been demonstrated more often, in more places, and under more varied conditions, than almost anything outside the realm of pure science.
By encouraging renewable energy sources such as wind energy, we boost South Dakota's economy and we help reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.
You have to make the shift from being a consumer in the economy to becoming an owner-and you do it by becoming an investor.
It is only the novice in political economy who thinks it is the duty of government to make its citizens happy - government has no such office.
I knew something was wrong with the economy when the shampoo girl at my salon closed on a six bedroom house.
Let us have the candor to acknowledge that what we call "the economy" or "the free market" is less and less distinguishable from warfare.
The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.
America is now a socialist economy. The definition of a socialist economy is when 50% or more of your economy is dependent on the federal government.
I want a trade that is not trickle-down trade, but trade that recognizes we're in a global economy.
The best kept secret in the global economy today is this: When your service is AWESOME you get so stinking rich you have to buy new bags to carry all the money home.
What is doing the damage is the fact that the U.K. is pulling in more imports, which shows the continued strength of the economy and the strength of sterling.
When Russia started to regain some of its strength as an economy and as a state, the West's reaction - perhaps a subconscious one, based on erstwhile fears - was panic.
Basic services such as electricity have never been worse and the economy of Arab Iraq is in ruins.
I will not support efforts that kill jobs in my district and lack provisions for responsibly transitioning us toward a clean-energy economy.
We simply must do everything we can in our power to slow down global warming before it is too late. We can save our planet and also boost our economy at the same time.
Cutting taxes for very high income people an average of more than $100,000 a year for people that make more than a million dollars a year is not an effective way to get the economy going.
Slowly, but surely, we are moving in the right direction. We're on the right track. The economy is getting stronger
What drags down our entire economy is when there's an ever-widening chasm between the ultra-rich and everybody else.
If we're serious about building an economy that lasts, we have got to get serious about education. We are going to have to pick up our games and raise our standards.
I am for economy. After that I am for more economy. At this time and under present conditions that is my conception of serving all the people.
It would be bad for the economy if we have another Jimmy Carter grain embargo, Jimmy, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Carter grain embargo, Jimmy Carter grain embargo.
The crisis of the fisheries is similar to our economy. This is not one fishery failing, but the whole system.
When Bill Clinton assembled the top minds of the nation to discuss the economy in 1992, no one mentioned the Internet.
Hillary Clinton failed on the economy, just like she's failed on foreign policy. Everything she touched didn't work out. Nothing.
We can have the largest economies and the most lethal weapons anywhere on Earth, but if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive.
Congratulations to Barack Obama - great victory based on building fairer economy and optimism about what politics can achieve.
That's how we build the economy of the future. An economy with more jobs and less debt, we root it in fairness. We grow it with opportunity. And we build it together.
To a thrifty theologian, bent on redemption with economy, there are few points of ethics too fine-spun for splitting.
Obesity is a drain on the economy - we have to pay for the health care of fat people who are usually poor and can’t afford insurance. Obesity is, well, bad.
The Internet is really about highly specialized information, highly specialized targeting.
The American consumer, even today, the weight of the American consumer in the global economy is China plus India doubled. So, it's tough to replace that.
If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.
